The USS
Hornet Museum would like to invite you and your organization to our next Living
Ship Day. We hope to see you aboard and hope that you will share this invite
with any other interested parties.

USS
HornetMuseum Pays Tribute to WWII Veterans on June
19

Alameda ,
CA  As part of its Living Ship Day series,
the USS Hornet Museum will honor 35 Bay Area WWII veterans on Fathers Day,
Sunday, June 19. Stories of Glory will be one of the largest gatherings of
local surviving WWII veterans, who will represent all branches of the United
States Armed Forces. The USS Hornet
is located at 707 W. Hornet
Ave. , Pier 3, in
Alameda .

The day
will feature two key speakers: Sgt. Francis Jeep Sanza of Napa, personal jeep
driver to General Patton in Europe, and Lt. Cmdr. Ted Robinson, a Life Member of
the Navy League's Sacramento Council, one of President John F. Kennedys
rescuers after his PT-109 boat was sunk in 1943 and noted author of Water in
my Veins: The Pauper Who Helped Save a President. Other veterans will also
be available for a special meet and greet throughout the day, including four
Tuskegee Airmen, a survivor of the USS Indianapolis sinking, and the
first Ace from the famed Flying Tigers squadron.

Living Ship Day is a special event onboard Hornet that offers something for
everyone. The museum comes to life as an operating aircraft carrier with flight
simulations between 11 a.m. and
3:30 p.m. as aircraft are lifted to
the flight deck and placed into launch position. Visitors can meet former crew,
sit in the cockpit of a fighter jet, and enjoy the sights and sounds of naval
aviation.There will also be big
band music by The Hornet Band at
noon , followed by the Singing Blue Stars at
12:30 p.m.

Living Ship Day demonstrations are held on the third Saturday of most
months. Normal museum hours and admission prices apply. Ample free parking is
available across the street from the pier. The USS Hornet Museum is located at
707 W Hornet Ave , Pier 3 in
Alameda .

Ted Robinson has been busy with speaking
engagements almost everywhere it seems. Most recently he was the star attraction
at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee Memorial Day service. Later that day he sold 40
of his books, autographed, at the California State Military Museum in Old
Sacramento! He is availble to give a presentation to your council on a host of
topics, especially PT boats and LSTs in WWII.

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